Diamondback Rattlesnakes

Betsy Rathburn (author)

Description

No venomous snake in North America is larger than the diamondback rattlesnake. The eastern diamondback species can stretch out to a sizable length of 8 feet! Young readers will get wrapped up in discovering the ostentatious ways diamondbacks behave in the face of predators and prey.

Reading Level

Lexile

Fountas Pinnell Guided Reading

ATOS

DRA

Categories

Genre

Animals, Birds & Insects
Nature

Interest Age

Ages 3-5
Ages 6-8

Grade

Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade

Subject

Science

Language

English (US)

Fiction/Non-Fiction

Non-Fiction

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